Hyphenation of proboscis

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word proboscis? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pro-boscis

Definitions of proboscis:

1.	The human nose (especially when it is large)
2.	A long flexible snout as of an elephant

Synonyms of proboscis:

noun	nose, olfactory organ
noun	trunk, snout, neb

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.